Chapter 1694: The Importance of Mind State Scale

Zhang Xuan had undergone five Heavenly Recognition of Master Teachers and numerous opportunities, causing his mind state scale to continuously surge, already reaching the peak of nine stars. Among master teachers, only a few like Yang shi could surpass him.

"29.1?"

Sword Saint Xing couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

He had thought that his son's rapid progress would cause his mind state to lag, leading to instability. Never in his dreams did he expect... the scale to be so high, far beyond his own!

"You... how did you train your mind state? Mind state is extremely difficult to cultivate. Even with cultivation techniques, one needs daily tempering and must not slack off..."

He was full of curiosity.

Mind state scale is the hardest for master teachers. Yang shi, to comprehend life, had to conceal his identity and travel the world to increase his mind state scale. His own son, from birth to now, had only been twenty years at most, and the first nineteen years were spent in a small place like Tianxuan Kingdom... How did he cultivate his mind state to be so powerful?

"Me?"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I never cultivated it... it grew naturally..."

"..."

His body swayed, Sword Saint Xing's face flushed red, nearly spitting blood: "Naturally grow to 29.1?"

Seeing her husband so crushed, Sword Saint Meng laughed heartily.

Why ask the son if you can't handle the answer? Isn't that asking for a shock?

When she saw her son in the Empire Alliance, he was only at Saint Realm 8-dan, not even reaching 9-dan. Now, he was a peak Golden Body realm expert... In just over half a month, such rapid progress, and he still had to ask...

He was asking for trouble!

"Is there a problem?" Zhang Xuan looked over.

Actually, saying it grew naturally was somewhat inaccurate, but he indeed had never cultivated any method to increase his mind state scale.

The reason it was so high was due to the golden pages, Heavenly Recognition of Master Teachers, the teacher character tempering the heart, mind state epiphanies... each time, it surged by 1.0 or more, so naturally it progressed quickly.

However... since it involved the Library of Heaven's Path, it was inconvenient to explain, so he could only answer this way.

Since the original owner of this body was a born sage, having his mind state scale naturally grow to twenty-nine shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?

"No problem..."

Full of bitter smiles, Sword Saint Xing didn't know how to respond.

Others cultivated with exhausting effort, spending immense effort to increase the scale by 0.1. This one, on the other hand, didn't cultivate and yet it grew naturally to rival Yang shi...

If this news got out, it would surely discourage all master teachers under heaven from wanting to cultivate anymore.

"Relying solely on natural growth, it's impossible to冲击 the ancient sage level. One must temper and hone oneself to make the mind state more perfect, transparent, and crystalline, to go further in the heavenly tribulation of advancing to ancient sage!"

Wu Chen, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Is advancing to ancient sage related to mind state?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

Regarding ancient sages, even the three great families and the Master Teacher Pavilion had no relevant books. In fact, he knew nothing.

"Yes, at the ancient sage level, one merges one's heart with the heart of heaven, one's thoughts with the thoughts of heaven, becoming more attuned to nature. If the mind state is insufficient, one cannot bear so much heavenly power and can easily become an idiot or a madman. Your mind state, though increasing quickly through natural growth, lacks the process of tempering... Advancing to ancient sage will be even harder!"

Wu Chen seemed to know these things very well.

No wonder, his strength was comparable to Yang shi, and he had been seeking ways to break through, so he must have studied these matters extensively.

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan still had an ancient sage corpse in his ring. Although he was far from that realm, he knew well how powerful it was.

Even after death, the body was so heavy it was hard to lift, and its aura made it difficult to approach, showing its immense power.

The Immortal realm seemed only one major level away from ancient sage, but in reality, it was the difference between immortals and mortals, not to be mentioned in the same breath.

He had thought that breaking through required greater accumulation, but he didn't expect it to be related to mind state.

"Wait... mind state scale is only required for master teachers. Ordinary cultivators barely cultivate it. How do they break through to ancient sage?" A thought emerged, and Zhang Xuan couldn't help asking.

Mind state scale had always been a requirement for master teachers; ordinary cultivators rarely paid attention to it. If so, wouldn't that mean other cultivators couldn't冲击 ancient sage?

"Ordinary cultivators also pay attention to mind state cultivation. For example, alchemists, if their mind state is insufficient, the Heart-Calming Pills they refine can easily be affected by their mind state, turning a great tonic into a deadly poison!"

Wu Chen said: "Demon Sound Masters, if they don't cultivate mind state, how can they release enchanting zither sounds to mesmerize opponents? If they can't, they might faint before even attacking. Array Masters, without cultivating mind state, cannot set up illusion arrays; otherwise, they might get trapped themselves and find it hard to escape..."

Zhang Xuan fell silent.

When he had taken the one-star alchemist exam, he had encountered such a situation. The alchemist at that time, not having reached the state of心如止水, refined Heart-Calming Pills that were not only ineffective but could kill those who took them.

He had deep experience with Demon Sound Masters; if one's mind was not calm enough, instead of controlling cranes to fly, they would probably震死 the cranes one by one.

It seemed... other professions were similar, only they didn't have such detailed markings like master teachers!

"Before Confucius, mind state scale was divided into many levels, such as the心如止水 we know, followed by心境通明,波澜不惊,古井无波,心坚如铁,自然而然,赤子之心..."

Seeing him silent, Wu Chen continued: "Later, Confucius felt these levels were too complicated and could easily cause mental confusion and instability, so he simplified them, using numerical values to divide them, which is what the Master Teacher Pavilion uses now. Promotion occurs every three points! One-star master teacher requires a mind state scale of 3.0, two-star 6.0... and so on. Nine-star master teacher requires at least 27.0! If the mind state doesn't meet the requirement, the level badge is not awarded, and the requirement is even stricter than for strength."

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood.

The Master Teacher Pavilion had simplified the mind state scale, but other professions had not. Therefore, they cultivated mind state without detailed standards, but that didn't mean they didn't cultivate it.

With detailed scales, it was more直观, so master teachers had a much higher breakthrough rate than other professions, leading to the Master Teacher Pavilion's dominance, with other professions unable to catch up.

"I've been to Qufu once before. If I remember correctly, ahead there is a place called the Mind State Pavilion for cultivating mind state scale. It contains mind state cultivation techniques, insights left by countless experts, and arrays for tempering the mind. Why not go take a look? Since you've never cultivated it, perhaps the first time will have great effects!"

Sword Saint Xing suddenly spoke.